Metallic shelving and the like



Oct. 17, 1933. A. s. KING METALLIC SHELVING AND THE LIKE Filed March 17,1952 l N V EN TOR: M14701" ATTORNEYS.

. out or shift undo Patented Oct. 17, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE:

METALLIC SHELVING AND THE LIKE Alexander S. King, Philadelphia, Pa.,assignor to David Luptons Sons Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporationof Pennsylvania Application March 17, 1932. Serial No. 599,528

3 Claims. (Cl. 21171) This invention relates to metallic furniture orsupports, and especially shelving, for containers whose contents aredesired to be accessible from the front. It is an aim of the inventionto provide for supporting and maintaining such containers in convenientposition for access, preferably sloping, so that their contents will notfall the influence of gravity. Other objects and advantages that can berealmed through the invention will appear from the descriptionhereinafter.

In the drawing, Fig. I is a fragmentary side View, partly in verticalsection, showing one pre-- ferred form of embodiment of the invention.

Fig. II a fragmentary vertical section illustrating provisions forholding the container in position, on a larger scale than Fig. I. i

Fig. III is a plan view of a shelf and its container-holding means. 1

I shows a portion of a vertical stack of shelves 10, one above another.They are supported by uprights 11, of channel, T, or other suitablecross-section, which have upward-directed tongues 12 punched and offsetinward from their webs, for engaging end flanges 13 on theshelves.Preferably, the shelves have their front and rear portions 15, 16 at anangle to one another, the front portions 15 sloping upward and forwardas shown, and the rear portions 16 being substantially horizontal. tions15 have depending front flanges 17, channeled to receive labels orlabel-holders (not shown). I

The containers 20 are shown as ordinary paper-board cracker boxes,resting sidewise on the sloping shelf portions 15. They are each of themequipped with the usual detachable metal frame 21 carrying a glazedswinging lid 22 suitably hinged or pivoted to the frame. The frame 21affords a shoulder at the lower side of the box which coacts withholding means on the sloping shelf portion 15 to maintain the box inposition on the slope 15. As shown in Figs. I and II, the frame 21 is ofsheet metal, extending down around the box 20 and having its lowermargin folded inward flat on itself at 23 so as to engage or interlockwith the outward-folded portion 24 of the pasteboard wall ofrthe box 20.As will readily be apparent fromFigs. Iand II, the lower.

ing from the shelf 10, and may be formed by shearing and punching outthe sheet metal of said shelf along a U-outline (see also Fig. 111). Asshown in Figs. 11 and HI, the root 26 of an ear or tongue 25, where itjoins the flat surface of the The front shelf porgo, the shoulder at theedge of the frame 21 engages against the shoulder or offset 26 at theroot of the tongue '25, which limits the rearward movement of the box 20and assures a definite position of its front (as represented by the lid22) relative to the front shelf edge 1'7, regardless of just how deepsaid boxmay be. The outstanding tongue prevents accidental disen- 1gagement of the shoulder afforded by the frame 21' from the shelfshoulder 26. However, the box 20 can be very easily pulled forward so.as

to disengage and free its frame 21 from the tongue 25, when it isdesired to remove it from the shelf 10.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. A shelf of thecharacterdescribed for forward-opening containers, comprising front and rearportions extending at an angle to one another and having end flangesadapted to hook behind supporting clips and having on itsfront portionoutstanding ears for holding a container in position thereon when theshelf is mounted with said front portion sloping rearward.

2. A structure of the type described comprising uprights ofstandardsection having integral up wardly-directed tongues offset inwardtherefrom for support of removable shelves, each said shelf embodyingfront and rear portions extending at an angle to one another with endflanges adapted to hook behind the upright tongues aforesaid andoutstanding on its front portion clips for holding a container ininclined. position when saidshelf is mounted with its frontportionsloping rearward. T

3. A structure of the type described comprising uprights of standardmetal sections having integral upwardly-directed tongues offset inward ifrom a web portion thereof for supporting removable shelves, each saidshelf being of sheet metal and embodying front and rear portionsextending at an angle to one another with end .flanges adapted to hookbehind the uprighttongues aforesaid, said shelfalso embodyingoutstanding clips on its front portion for holding a container ininclined position when theshelf is mounted with its front portionsloping rearward, and each shelf clip being in the nature of. an offsettongue struck from the sheet metalshelf along a'U-outline with the rootportion reinforced by asloping embossed rib. 1 ALEXANDER S. KING.

